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MASTER GARDENER: HERE COME THE EASTERN TENT CATERPILLARS

I had started an article on another topic but since I am receiving so many calls on small worms and webs on trees, I decided to write on the Eastern tent caterpillar. After doing some research I realized that I was giving some wrong in [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Tomato time: KC gardeners are expecting a great year BY MART...

Tomato season opens today. Sweet cherry tomatoes, luscious red slicing tomatoes, pretty egg-shaped Romas and juicy heirloom varieties are summer’s top crop, and now is the time to plant. Traditionally, gardeners in Kansas City wa [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

English gardener puts his touch on Monet's garden

GIVERNY, France — When James Priest is asked to strike a Claude Monet pose and stroll under the famous arched trellises lining the pathway of the painter's world-renowned garden, he becomes almost giddy, his excitement melting i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Gardeners kick off season on year's warmest day so far

Gardeners eager to get their hands in the dirt after months of cold and rain got their wish this weekend. Judy Roger of Gladstone spent Saturday and Sunday tending her red and black raspberries, black currant, strawberries and space that [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Gardeners at home, garden show have questions

The 24th Galveston Home and Garden Show was held last weekend at the Galveston Island Convention Center. Thirty-two Texas Master Gardeners with the Galveston County AgriLife Extension Office staff the informational booths. They distribute [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Alpine gardener plants nearly extinct onion seeds

The fate of a rare variety of onion, extinct in the United States, lies in a garden in Alpine. Caleb Warnock, a reporter for the Daily Herald, volunteers with the U. S. government's germplasm program. He is the only person in the coun [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Master Gardeners see increased demand for vegetable workshop...

From the time he was a young boy, Clyde Roberts grew tomatoes, cantaloupes and other produce on his family’s farm in Kansas. He earned agronomy degrees at Kansas State and Cornell and worked for DuPont Ag Products. Since retirement, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

Mild weather has gardens, gardeners springing to life

Blossoms already enliven forsythia and hellebores in Boston gardens, and buds even hint at spring in higher elevations. But isn’t it only February? “I have some grape hyacinths and some daffodils,’’ said Trudi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Gardeners’ fair in grounds of Northamptonshire stately home ...

THE founders of a garden fair set in the award-winning grounds of a Northamptonshire stately home are hoping to double the number of visitors this year. Cottesbrooke Gardeners’ Fair, as it will now be known, began at Cottesbroo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Master Gardener program brings Lincoln community together

The start of the spring semester may not be ideal for planting, but it is ideal for planning what to plant. This year's Nebraska Master Gardener training is just around the corner. "Anyone can be a ‘Master Gardener,' t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Meet Britain’s most influential gardeners

1 Alan Titchmarsh Alan Titchmarsh is indisputably still the friendly “face of British gardening”, despite recent forays into chat shows and other subject areas. Ask anyone in Britain to name a gardener and the great Titchmars [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Master Gardeners: Perfect gifts for that special gardener

The following are recommendations from K-State and other research sites. AMARYLLIS: The main thing to remember about buying an Amaryllis bulb is the bigger the better. Once an Amaryllis flowers, you can set the plant most anyw [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardeners' Dirt: Merry Christmas from the garden

It's so rewarding to share gifts from the garden, and particularly at this time of sharing and caring. Dill, okra and squash pickles When I retired after teaching in the elementary grades for 30 years, one of the first things I di [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Kaiapoi gardeners rewarded with national prize

A small team of green-fingered residents have been growing something very special in the earthquake-ravaged town of Kaiapoi. The Kaiapoi community garden has survived quakes and snow storms and fostered a spirit of teamwork, and now the g [...]